Well.. I've never tied anything but my shoes and some knots. Got my wife a fly tying kit for christmas, and she didn't touch it. I thought I would try out some hair jigs for some smallies.

Please, critque the hell outta these.. I cant seem to wrap them tight enough for the hairs to stay in, a moderate tug pulls strands out.

did you use any glue/ head cement?  that might help hold the hairs in better.  Dont look to bad to me, how much do they weigh?

I used some head cement on two, and it didnt help.

1/8 oz. all I had at the time.

You need a few things to keep the hair in place: 1. a vice to hold the jig, 2. some real strong thread, 3. a bobbin to hold the thread and give you leverage as you wind the line and 4 a whip to let you put several half hitches in the line.

Thanks, Jig. I have all those items but the whip..

Did you lay some thread down, before adding the hair? This would help grip the hair from above and below.

Thet look great to me.

Dave

a tight vise and kevlar thread. it's what i use for deer hair poppers. do as many wraps as you can with out differing the chape of the jig

Apply head cement, wrap the shank of the hook, or collar of the jig with a good layer of thread, this helps hold the hair in. You also need to wrap as tight as you can without breaking the thread, which if you are using Kevlar is pretty dang tight

Good underwraps, tight wraps on the material, and good cement or glue should do it for you. I sometimes use superglue for jigs, just make sure it dries clear.

Good underwraps, tight wraps on the material, and good cement or glue should do it for you. I sometimes use superglue for jigs, just make sure it dries clear.

when you're tying bucktails, do all of the above, with the underwraps to hold the hair, and don't try to tie too much hair on at one time. also, after you put some hair on put a coat of superglue over the threads, let it dry, and keep adding hair till it is as full as you want, putting on occasional light coats of superglue just to hold things together. then do some whips (necessary) to finish it off, and coat the threads in a nice coat of superglue. <--- this won't come apart.

X2 on what DS said.  Good tight underwraps, and add the hair a pinch at a time.  Pull it as tight as you can.  If you don't break the thread every few jigs, you're not pulling tight enough.